Thomas Butiller was an English priest in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.‘The Poll Taxes of 1377, 1379 and 1381: Part 2’ Fenwick, C.Cp184:British Academy; OUP; 2001
Butiller is first mentioned as Rector of Buriton in Hampshire in 1373, a post he held until 1382.'The Church of St Mary, Buriton' des Brisay, E. p11: Petersfield; Petaprint; 1993 The next year he became Archdeacon of Salisbury, but exchanged the next year with William PotynKent Archaeology for the parish of Lyminge in Kent.Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 3, Salisbury Diocese. P12 Horn, J.M. London; Institute of Historical Research, London, 1962. That benefice was exchanged a year later for the Prebendal Stall of Sidlesham in Sussex, which he held until 1389.British History On-line
He was Archdeacon of Northampton from 1386 to 1402.'Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 1', Lincoln Diocese. P10 Horn, J.M. London; Institute of Historical Research, London, 1962. He was a Canon (12th Stall) at Windsor from 1387 to 1389 and Dean from 1389 to 1402.web-archive.com One of his duties at Windsor was to supervise the swan-upping.Thames Web He was Prebendary of Leighton Buzzard at Lincoln Cathedral from 1389 to 1391;Leighton-Linslade and of Colworth at Chichester Cathedral from 1389 to 1402.'Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 7', Chichester Diocese. P10 Horn, J.M. London; Institute of Historical Research, London, 1962. He was put forward for a Canonry at Canterbury, but was not admitted.Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.1 Le Neve, J/ Hardy, T.D. p84: Oxford; OUP; 1854 His last appointment was at Brightling in Sussex.Geograph
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